In praise of The Devil's Whore - and John Simm

Come on: admit it.

You cheered when Sexby finally dealt with nasty slimy Christian as he was about to do something horrid (keeping it spoiler free people, for late viewers)

You cheered when Sexby finally got what he had always wanted from Angelica.

You cheered when Angelica finally dealt with Joliffe.

You cheered when you saw the heavily veiled woman at the funeral exchange a hidden look at Angelica.

You cheered at the cross-dressing encounter.

And you sighed, sadly and mournfully when Cromwell's 'coronation' bells rang out.

Brilliant. Melodrama? Undoubtedly. But wonderful stuff all the same. So, the history and politics were a little off in parts. But dramatically it worked brilliantly.


For spoilers and praise, see Lucy Mangan in today's Guardian.